Recent content by damo152003

Morning I’m looking to build my own shed clad in oak feather edge panels my question is I’m trying do it cheapest way possible. Would building a timber frame cladding to the front be a cheaper option than building it out of block and cladding the front of that? What are people’s opinions? It...

Thanks for thr reply. I have decided to go with the blockpaving for my patio which you i have used on my drive. Its the marshsll tegular ones. My drive hasnt moved a bit but i did lay 150mm of hardcore. Im being a bit lazy with the patio but more because of excess and dont want the...

Evening all after carrying out a house renovation and extension im turning to the garden. Im a little confused to what subbase is required for my patio. First option is a marshall tegular block paving like my drive but done in a nice pattern. Could i get away with 70mn hardcore rather than...

Evening folks. I'm after some advice regarding my drive please.Will try keep to the points! At the moment we have mot type 1 down which has been there 2 years so it's doesn't look anything like when it was first put down. It has settled in a few places where i installed our new drains etc and...

No the price is the same as lime so doesn't bother me. I'm going get some in a bit I just wondered if people had expeience with it

Hi I'm after advice on getting a lime coloured mortar please with cement. I have tried various coloured sands with grey cement but I arnt getting the colour I want. We want a white creamy colour like lime, will white cement and yellow sand give the colour I'm after? I have never used lime so...

Hi it's New screed floor consisting of sand cement quite course sand too. It was laid at the end of October

Hello! I'm about to tile my kitchen floor in slate what are people's views on what tile adhesive to use please. I have looked at Bal mapei but there a bit pricey, I have heard of Dunlop but not sure where to purchase. If you could state which brand and why that would be great. Thanks Damien

Hi I'm after some advice please. I have just bought a shower extractor fan with a light built in for the shower how to I wire this seperate to the main light switch. There is already a extractor which works when the lights on I want this shower one work seperate. I'm think pick up in the loft...

Hi building control are happy for me use slate to pack above my rsj. What kind of slate should I be using and where from cheers guys.

Hi could some one tell me what the difference is betweena normal cavity lintel and a eaves lintel? Is it just theheight of the middle bit thanks Damien

Hi so today we started digging with the mini digger.... To cut a long story short dug down 2.5 metres and still very poor ground. B.C signed over to a structural engineer for his thoughts. So after standing round he showed up and were going with raft foundations bit of headache getting my...

My thoughts too. Might be this extension will be just to expensive if piling is required. No idea on cost but saying that fingers crossed its just this area!!!! il update tomorrow.

Hi its its normal earth down to clay then this stuff. I have dug down best part pf 2metres now and still not found the bottom of the orginal footings!. There use be a brick factory close by my old man seems to think its coke. i have dug another hole further down and that seems all to be clay...

Hi guys im digging my footings ready for mas fill on tuesday. I have dug 1metre down and hit clay... anyway i dug a vit deeper the clay is only 100 mm thick and then it turns into like a crushed up coal with random bits of vroken pottery. This is next to the the footings on a 1930s house but...